Katherine W. Jordan

The paper identifies stripe rust resistance genes in the wheat cultivar Bakers Ann through QTL analysis of a DH population, finding four QTL with additive effects.

The paper identifies an allelic variation in the wheat gene TaTOPII-A1 that increases crossover rate, suggesting it as a target for improving genetic diversity in crops.

The paper develops a wheat haplotype graph database for efficient genotype storage and imputation, showing improved accuracy over existing methods.

This study evaluates the impact of Aegilops tauschii introgression on wheat yield traits, identifying beneficial haplotypes associated with increased grain production and stability.

The paper examines introgression patterns from Aegilops tauschii into wheat cultivars, finding that introgression is influenced by recombination rates and selection pressures.

The paper uses a differential nuclease sensitivity assay to analyze chromatin accessibility in wheat, revealing how repetitive and gene regions influence chromatin states and agronomic trait variation.

The paper presents and validates two capture probe sets for wheat to enable efficient and cost-effective re-sequencing of genes and promoters.